Testing (quizzing) boosts classroom learning: A systematic and meta-analytic review.

C Yang, L Luo, MA Vadillo, R Yu… - Psychological bulletin, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Over the last century hundreds of studies have demonstrated that testing is an effective
intervention to enhance long-term retention of studied knowledge and facilitate mastery of …

Authentic assessment: creating a blueprint for course design

V Villarroel, S Bloxham, D Bruna, C Bruna… - … & Evaluation in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Authenticity has been identified as a key characteristic of assessment design which
promotes learning. Authentic assessment aims to replicate the tasks and performance …

The science of effective learning with spacing and retrieval practice

SK Carpenter, SC Pan, AC Butler - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 - nature.com
Research on the psychology of learning has highlighted straightforward ways of enhancing
learning. However, effective learning strategies are underused by learners. In this Review …

Transfer of test-enhanced learning: Meta-analytic review and synthesis.

SC Pan, TC Rickard - Psychological bulletin, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Attempting recall of information from memory, as occurs when taking a practice test, is one of
the most potent training techniques known to learning science. However, does testing yield …

The cognitive challenges of effective teaching

SL Chew, WJ Cerbin - The Journal of Economic Education, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The authors describe a research-based conceptual framework of how students learn that
can guide the design, implementation, and troubleshooting of teaching practice. The …

A review of the benefits and drawbacks of high-stakes final examinations in higher education

S French, A Dickerson, RA Mulder - Higher Education, 2024 - Springer
High-stakes examinations enjoy widespread use as summative assessments in higher
education. We review the arguments for and against their use, across seven common …

Retrieval practice consistently benefits student learning: A systematic review of applied research in schools and classrooms

PK Agarwal, LD Nunes, JR Blunt - Educational Psychology Review, 2021 - Springer
Given the growing interest in retrieval practice among educators, it is valuable to know when
retrieval practice does and does not improve student learning—particularly for educators …

Using principles of authentic assessment to redesign written examinations and tests

V Villarroel, D Boud, S Bloxham, D Bruna… - … in Education and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Tests and examinations are widely used internationally. Despite their pervasiveness, they
tend to measure lower order thinking skills in a decontextualized manner at a time when the …

Classroom-based programs of retrieval practice reduce middle school and high school students' test anxiety

PK Agarwal, L D'antonio, HL Roediger III… - Journal of applied …, 2014 - Elsevier
When retrieval practice is applied in classroom settings, do K-12 students experience
changes in test anxiety? To answer this question frequently asked by educators, we …

Students' use of retrieval in self-regulated learning: Implications for monitoring and regulating effortful learning experiences

SK Carpenter, T Endres, L Hui - Educational Psychology Review, 2020 - Springer
Retrieval practice has been widely studied as an effective strategy for enhancing memory. In
this review article, we discuss how its effects on learning complex problem-solving …